Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Employees Black History Month Program Committee is hosting its annual celebration at the Universities at Shady Grove today. The theme of this year’s program is “Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African American Memories.” Local leaders, including County Executive Ike Leggett, Council President Nancy Floreen, and Councilmember Craig Rice, are among those attending the […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, County Council President Nancy Floreen says conversations are continuing with state officials about the status of the shovel ready Watkins Mill Road Interchange. Local leaders recently learned that construction of the future interchange had been delayed and that the scope of the project may be changing.

Susan Kenedy hosts the latest episode of Council in Brief, which begins with an update on the county’s truancy prevention program. Other topics include new legislation proposed by Councilmember Hans Riemer, to allow short term rentals in Montgomery County, and the latest on the Westbard Sector Plan. You can watch the show in its entirety, […]

It’s the Year of the Monkey and February 8, 2016 marks the beginning of the year 4714, according to the Chinese calendar. Did you know that Asian Americans now represent more than 14 percent of the population of Montgomery County? In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Council President Nancy Floreen presents Asian American community members […]

The Blizzard of 2016 was the hot topic at Montgomery County Council President Nancy Floreen’s weekly briefing on Feb. 1st.    Floreen said she has requested that executive staff from all county departments involved in storm operations participate in a special session with Councilmembers on Feb. 9th. As for the cost of the storm, Floreen […]

Here are five things to know today, Feb. 1, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County public schools are opening on time on Monday morning, according to the district’s website. That’s big news because MCPS students have not been in school for over a week now because of weather and road conditions. 2. WSSC crews are […]

The nine members of the Montgomery County Council have sent a letter to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and Peter Rahn, the secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation, asking that the state proceed with the original design of the long-planned interchange at I-270 and Watkins Mill Road in Gaithersburg. It was recently learned that the […]

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports about the County Council’s review of the Montgomery Village Master Plan, open enrollment for healthcare, the upcoming Women’s Legislative Briefing, and a recap of a legislative briefing in Silver Spring, a local nonprofit’s plans to relocate from Brookeville to Boyds […]

Susan Kenedy hosts the latest episode of Council in Brief, which includes reports on the Montgomery Village Master Plan and the upcoming legislative session in Annapolis: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The Montgomery County Council proclaimed Jan. 13th as Korean American Day. MyMCMedia’s Willie James Inman reports.